Saturday, March 18, 2017

March 17,2017, 8:03:17PM,EDT

AccuWeather has announced the launch of its new virtual reality
application, AccuWeather - Weather for Life, for Samsung Gear VR.
The
app, which is being powered by Oculus, will provide revolutionary new
ways to consume footage on extreme weather events as well as receive
minute-by-minute forecast information.
The immersive technology
will allow users to come face-to-face with some of nature’s most
powerful storms from the comfort of their own homes.

A new assortment of videos will be
added to the app weekly so the user experience can be refreshed to
explore different types of weather phenomena. The immersive videos give
AccuWeather viewers a unique perspective on weather events that can be
both exciting and educational.
Some of the breathtaking footage of Mother Nature's fury includes the 2016 Wray, Colorado, tornado, which was captured in a 360-degree video by AccuWeather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer.
AccuWeather
also provides users with current conditions and daily and hourly
forecasts including wind speed, dew point, wind direction, and
precipitation, plus severe weather alerts and warnings, RealFeel®
temperatures, and AccuWeather’s proprietary minute-by-minute precipitation forecast AccuWeather MinuteCast® for users’ exact locations.
Users
can experience a number of dynamic weather conditions in real-time,
experiencing an array of weather animations like stormy rain, snow,
thunderstorms, and clouds, all which can be accessed either through a
secret weather feature called WeatherScape or experienced in the daily
forecasts.
AccuWeather-Weather for Life can be downloaded from the Oculus store here.
“AccuWeather is excited to partner with Samsung on the launch of the
AccuWeather - Weather for Life app for Gear VR, bringing users the most
accurate, most innovative weather forecasts and information available
worldwide,” said Steven Smith, President of Digital Media at
AccuWeather. “The app is interactive and easy for users to access
immersive 360-degree video content and weather forecasts, all with the
Superior Accuracy from AccuWeather they rely on, experiencing weather in
revolutionary new ways.”